Rumour Cubes

The Narrow State has landed!

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:47:00 +0000

That’s right. Our debut album is now available to stream and download in full from here. This is what people have said about it so far:

“…packs more inventiveness into 36 minutes than most bands of this ilk manage in an hour…an accomplished debut that displays their talent to its fullest extent”
The Blue Walrus

“Rumour Cubes have truly delivered on this fine debut album”
GoldFlakePaint

“…an accomplished debut effort from a potentially brilliant band.”
The 405

“Rumour Cubes carry themselves with an essence of individuality that makes them all the more intriguing…six astounding songs that will coincide with you in a haze of resentment, melancholy and euphoria.”
Sound Revolution

“I also don’t see many bands creating something as unique as ‘Triptych’ or as pretty as ‘Tempus Fugit’”
The Silent Ballet

“…enormous variety and no flat spots.”
Echoes and Dust

“Rumour Cubes made a fantastic album (debut, nonetheless!) in The Narrow State.”
Sloucher

“All in all Rumour Cubes’ The Narrow State is one of the best post rock albums I ever heard. The great sounds, the fantastic mix and the songs themselves – post rock doesn’t get much better than this.”
Alternative Matter

Breaking News: Our debut album, The Narrow State, is now...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:16:00 +0000

Breaking News: Our debut album, The Narrow State, is now available for pre-order: just click here

We also have some lovely artwork and other stuff available.

All items come with a download link to the album which will be emailed out on 27th February when physical goods will also be shipped.

In addition to all of this, we have also reduced the price of our debut EP, We Have Sound Houses Also

A Cheery Wave From Stranded Youngsters

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:14:09 +0000

The Gove Curve - a track from our new album - has been included on a Cheery Wave From Stranded Youngsters compilation along with some great bands including Three Trapped Tigers and Brontide. It is available now, and bloody awesome! Get it here for whatever price you deem necessary - including, of course, absolutely free!

Album Preview: The Gove Curve / Back the Strikes!

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:30:28 +0000

Teachers will strike tomorrow, along with millions of other workers, to tell Michael Gove and other Tory ministers they won’t take the pain for a crisis they did not cause.

On the eve of this strike we are previewing a track from our upcoming album - our own portrait of the education secretary: ‘The Gove Curve’.

The Gove Curve by Rumour Cubes

The track is also available on http://www.rumourcubes.com/ - our new website. Back the strikes!

Breaking News: Our debut album, The Narrow State, will be...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:23:30 +0000

Breaking News: Our debut album, The Narrow State, will be released on 27th February 2012.

More details coming soon…….

We also have a brand new shiny website: www.rumourcubes.com - where you can join our mailing list if you are that way inclined :-)

Exciting things on the horizon...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:22:05 +0000

We just wanted to let you know that we will very soon be making some exciting announcements about the band. Stay posted! x

Conversations from the studio #2

Tue, 03 May 2011 18:04:16 +0100

Hannah: I think I need some booze
Joe: You should get some booze. It would make me feel better, as I'm going to get really quite drunk if I carry on doing this
Omar: What, drinking?
Joe: Yeah, that.

Update!

Mon, 02 May 2011 16:56:16 +0100

So, been a while without any communications - apologies for that, but it’s been an incredibly busy time for us.

We’ve played quite a lot of gigs so far this year, which have all gone pretty well. We played the Lexapalooza Lite festival in February, where the simply wonderful Frank Turner introduced us, we played an ArtUncut event in March with Josie Long and Chris TT, and most recently we played a Sweet Beans gig on 21st April with MinionTV (who we love), Killington Fall and Atlases. We were also played on BBC Introducing over the weekend - at about 3am, but still, a very exciting moment for us!

So, that’s what’s been happening. What’s happening going forward?

We have a number of gigs coming up which will all be really quite awesome.

20th May - The Unicorn, Camden, with Orders Of The British Empire
2nd July - The Zenith, Islington, with Alright The Captain and Solomon Grundy (in aid of British Tinnitus Association)
10th July - Sweet Beans Festival, headlined by the simply incredible Her Name Is Calla
14th July - 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, supporting DeLooze

We’re also currently (as in, right now!) recording in a wonderful studio in Mile End. It’s called Cafe Music Studios, and is quite simply the most fantastic place I think I’ve ever seen. I could spend hours here just poking around, looking at everything that’s all over the walls and on the shelves, opening draws, and just generally wishing that I lived here. Mark and Charif are doing some truly incredible things with our sound, and are very much on board with how we want to sound and offering some very good suggestions for improvement.

We’re here all day today and tomorrow, and then two days next week, by the end of which we’ll hopefully have four tracks that have been professionally recorded and mastered and A&Rd and which sound pretty damned impressive!

So, that’s us. What have you lot been up to?

Occasionally, we play music. Cafe Music Studio really is the...

Mon, 02 May 2011 16:46:51 +0100

Occasionally, we play music. Cafe Music Studio really is the most wonderful place I’ve ever been (this is the lounge)

A conversation in the studio

Mon, 02 May 2011 16:34:35 +0100

Simon: What are you guys doing?
Hannah: Band admin type stuff.
Adam: Badmin, really.
Joe: Is there a ton of it?
Us: Eh?
Joe: You know, a badmin-ton.
Terry: Get out.

One half of Rumour Cubes in the studio taking a well-deserved...

Mon, 02 May 2011 16:32:06 +0100

One half of Rumour Cubes in the studio taking a well-deserved break from…well, we haven’t actually done any recording as yet, but it will happen!

So about a week ago I posted a teaser for the new Clock Opera...

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:17:51 +0000

So about a week ago I posted a teaser for the new Clock Opera song - Belongings.

The full version is now avaible to stream on soundcloud and it is a gem! I strongly urge you to listen and enjoy :-)

Next Friday (18th March) is the first ArtUncut event - an...

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:15:14 +0000

Next Friday (18th March) is the first ArtUncut event - an evening of comedy and music at the wonderful Bull & Gate pub in Kentish Town.

It’s going to be an awesome evening - we had a planning meeting in the pub last night and it was all sorts of fun! If you’re London based and not busy you should definitely come along.

Belongings - Clock Opera (teaser) Hugely excited by this, by the...

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:53:10 +0000

Belongings - Clock Opera (teaser)

Hugely excited by this, by the way. If you don’t know who Clock Opera are then you really should. Listen to White Noise first - that’s my personal favourite, although I also adore Alouette. Live, they are absolutely incredible. It’s been an age since I’ve seen them which makes me sad. Soon…..

Applying for festivals...

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:35:32 +0000

It’s making me wistfully nostalgic and excited for the coming summer!

I’m going to Glastonbury - have my ticket already. And hopefully, alongside any festivals we get picked to play at, I’ll also be reviewing a few as well.

Last year, I managed Camden Crawl, Great Escape, Glastonbury, Guilfest and Camp Bestival. It was a good summer. Can I beat that this year, do we think?

Last, but definitely not least, is the video for The University...

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:17:02 +0000

Last, but definitely not least, is the video for The University Is A Factory

Tomorrow we’re playing the wonderful Lexapalooza Festival, where we will be introduced on stage by no other than Frank Turner himself - one of my musical heroes and an all-round awesome guy. I’m unbelievably excited!

Eddy Temple Morris thinks I'm sweet

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:29:17 +0000

fionchadd:

My brain is overloaded with awesome right now.

This ties in with the exciting band thing, by the way: We will be donating money from the sale of our (very nearly almost ready) merchandise to the British Tinnitus Association

Tinnitus Awareness Week starts today, so I’m going to do my utmost to get at least part of the merchandise ready over the weekend so it can go on our website next week.

(I was kind of hoping Eddy would listen to and adore our music and go to great lengths to help us get famous, but hey, you can’t have everything, and sweet is good!)

This. Keep an eye on our website for exciting stuff!

I promised you videos, didn’t I! Sorry, has been...

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:20:11 +0000

I promised you videos, didn’t I! Sorry, has been incredibly busy of late.

Here is the video to Rain On Titan

Hey guys! We just wanted to say we really dig your EP and love that video as well. Maybe when we've got the songs ready to go we'll have to play a gig together!

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:19:06 +0000

Fantastic, cheers for that! Great to hear you’re liking the EP.

And yes, definitely get in touch when you’ve got songs ready! :-)

I’m not sure if we’ve actually shared our videos...

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:21:10 +0000

I’m not sure if we’ve actually shared our videos with you yet. For each of the tracks on our debut EP, we asked filmmakers to create something wonderful for us - they had entirely free reign and we absolutely adore what they came up with.

This is the video for At Sea - the others will follow over the next couple of days